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Research has shown that African American college students who place an emphasis on their ethnic identity are more likely to experience more positive academic outcomes. Further, African Americans who experience minority status stress are better able to deal with psychological problems when they have a secure sense of ethnic identity. The present study examined the role of racial identity development and psychological well-being among African American college students. 50 Black college...
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This study of Kenya addresses two questions: Do social and cultural capital matter for school achievement, net of family background factors? If so, what aspects matter most? The paper examines shadow education, which consists of tutoring and exam preparation classes, as a form of cultural capital utilized by some families to advance children's likelihood of educational success. With data for 506 households, it determines who is most likely to participate in shadow education and assesses the...
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The purpose of this study is to compare and assess two theoretical models of higher education institutional change: the policy response and the adaptational model. The policy response model is essentially a measurement of policy impact, and through the application of an indicator framework allows the evaluation of the extent to which a higher education institution has applied a government policy directive. The adaptational model is based on the idea that institutional change can be explained...
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In May 2000, the Lafayette Parish School Board, in southwest Louisiana, was found in violation of a 1967 federal court order to desegregate, was ordered to close two predominantly African American elementary schools, and bus those children to five predominately White schools on the other side of this city of 100,000. Additionally, the judge ordered the transfer of 12 principals based on race and the construction of a new magnet school. The present study examines questionnaire responses from...
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This book deals with student perceptions of and attitudes towards democracy, and the way democracy is accounted for in the textbooks of four transition countries. Although the subject nations are very different otherwise, they share the trait of transition -- in the economic, political and social arenas. As many countries around the world have become liberal democracies in the last decade, there has been no investigation of education's role in this process. This book addresses that void by...
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Quite a few comprehensive studies on undergraduate experiences and general models of degree attainment and attrition have highlighted the importance of measuring educational aspirations. Many researchers theorize that student educational aspirations have strong effects on (or strong relationships with) a variety of outcomes, particularly college choice, student retention, and graduate school enrollment (Astin, 1977; Tinto, 1993
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In October 2002, Senegal announced that it intended to reform the state educational program by introducing religious instruction classes and classes in native languages as well as including Qur’anic schools in the official educational system. These measures were intended to raise the country’s school enrollment rate in compliance with the recommendation of donors. A contemporary liberal philosophy, which respects user preferences, inevitably led to advocating religious instruction in...
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I am honored to be with you this morning. You all came far away from Africa to Hangzhou! On behalf of all HRC staff, I'd like to extend my warm welcome to you for attending the 2002 Sino-African SHP Training Workshop.
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This article discusses sociocultural and other theoretical aspects of the language-in-education debate in the light of their practical implications for language policy and teacher education in linguistically diverse school settings. We draw on studies carried out in African classrooms where subjects such as science were being taught via English, an L2 for most learners. Studies indicate that code switching offers an economical resource for constructing meaning in classrooms where teachers...